A169.
Wang,
L. H., Rice, R. E., Liu, X., Hagen, I. & Zamanzadeh, N. (2025).
Mastering
boundaries: Differences in online privacy boundary issues across
digital
devices and years. Behaviour and
Information Technolog, 44(15), 3750-3770.
Open access: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2024.2448706
Multiple
digital
communication
devices provide varying capabilities and processes for self-disclosure,
surveillance, and privacy management, therefore eliciting a variety of
user
privacy perceptions and behaviours. Drawing from the media mastery
framework
and the comparative privacy research framework, this study investigates
similarities and differences in online privacy outcomes associated with
computer and mobile phone use via content analysis of 12 focus groups
conducted
with US college students in 2006 and 2016. Findings reveal similarities
and
differences across device type and time and their combinations among
selected
privacy-related codes from the media mastery framework. Cluster
analysis of the
codes reveals several general themes such as crossing the boundary
from
private to public, and safety and trust. Contributions
include the
use of a reliable conceptual foundation for categorising online privacy
boundary phenomena, the generation of discussions about these phenomena
from a
goal-free evaluation approach, and comparisons across devices and time.
The
discussion provides theoretical and practical implications.